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Daphnia Pulex - More Genes Don't Make You Better But They May Help The Environment

Daphnia Pulex - More Genes Don't Make You Better But They May Help The Environment

Feb 03 2011 | comment(s)

Humans have about 23,000 genes and we are at the top of the food chain but the animal with the most genes is the near-microscopic freshwater crustacean Daphnia pulex, or water flea, clocking in around 31,000.

Daphnia is the first crustacean to have its genome sequenced.   The findings are part of a comprehensive report by members of the Daphnia Genomics Consortium, an international network of scientists led by the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CGB) at Indiana University Bloomington and the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute.
Coffee Is Good For You - But Not With 21 Teaspoons Of Sugar

Coffee Is Good For You - But Not With 21 Teaspoons Of Sugar

Feb 03 2011 | comment(s)

Coffee can be quite good for you, as any number of studies have shown.   But you still have to take some personal responsibility for moderation because companies like Starbuck's are not going to do it for you.    They're not in the personal responsibility business, they are in the drink business, so when they roll out a new size - the "Trenta" - this spring, all 31 ounces of it, they want you to buy it in any form you want.
Coaches Help Teach Athletes Ethics Also

Coaches Help Teach Athletes Ethics Also

Feb 03 2011 | comment(s)

There are exceptions, of course - some athletes will never be ethical no matter how much coaching they receive and not all coaches are ethical, but overall coaching helps athletes become more than better athletes.   

New survey data from Concordia University says coaches exert moral influence over athletes and how athletes respond.
Biodiesel No More Harmful Than Regular Diesel - Hardly A Great Endorsement

Biodiesel No More Harmful Than Regular Diesel - Hardly A Great Endorsement

Feb 03 2011 | comment(s)

Biofuels were all the rage in the 1990s, with Vice-President Al Gore declaring them the Holy Grail of fossil fuel replacement.    Unfortunately, no quality science agreed with that assessment yet they have been passed into law anyway by anti-science politicians who saw a way to please part of the voter base.
Found: 54 Potentially Habitable New Planets

Found: 54 Potentially Habitable New Planets

Feb 03 2011 | comment(s)

New papers in arXiv show that the Kepler space telescope continues to fulfill its mission of searching for exoplanets, especially those in the 'habitable' zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface, around stars.
Can There Be A 'Universal' IQ Test?

Can There Be A 'Universal' IQ Test?

Jan 27 2011 | comment(s)

Measuring 'intelligence' is a much art as science.   Even using the word intelligence sends people down a philosophical rabbit hole, disagreeing about what the word means.

So can there be a 'universal' intelligence test that measures...okay, we have to use the world 'intelligence' despite it being a logical fallacy to use it in its own definition...intelligence regardless of cultural or language?

José Hernández-Orallo, a researcher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, says he can do even better.   He says his intelligence test can fairly measure the intelligence of adults or kids.  Even robots.